RIGHT WHALE:  Right whales can reach a total length of 60 feet long and are usually 18 feet long at birth.  Most adults way up to sixty tons.  Right whales are listed as extremely endangered due to a projected decline in population by 20% in the last year.  There are only an estimated 250 mature right whales left in the wild.  Large and slow, right whales were easy to track and hunt; plus, they float after being killed.  For these reasons, right whales were the most hunted of the whale species and are now protected by international laws.

    BLUE WHALE:  Blue whales are the largest of all mammals.  Females of this species can reach an astonishing 85 feet long.  Males can reach a maximum length of 82 feet long.  Both males and females have an average weight of about 285,000 pounds.  The blue whale is listed as endangered because of a decrease in population by 50% in the last three generations.  Blue whales feed on tiny micro-organisms called plankton.

    FIN WHALE:  The fin whale can grow to a maximum length of 80 feet long.  Being one of the larger endangered whales, the fin whale population has declined by 50% in the last three generations do to polluting, human expansion, and global warming.